broccoli rob: tonight, on The X-Files: Mulder develops a fear of fire for exactly one episode, and we’re expected to feel bad about members of the British nobility burning to death

feeling, and succumbing to, a sudden urge to rewatch The X-Files

can’t believe Seth Green’s character in episode 2 predicts the Iraq War and drone bombers nearly perfectly

did Air Force Base MPs in the 90s dress like they’re staffing the Death Star, or is that just a weird choice the costuming department made?

[season 1, episode 3] Me: [chanting] Tooms, Tooms- Other X-Files viewers: Tooms, TOOMS the man who lives in my walls: [pounding on the air duct] TOOMS, TOOMS, TOOMS!

this X-Files episode contains their least-believable piece of fiction yet: an FBI agent who cares about the well-being of someone in federal custody

while Mulder hunts the Jersey Devil, Scully seeks an even more rare cryptid: a Good, Single Man in DC!

a quintessential X-Files moment: Mulder having a breakthrough in the case while staring at Big Tiddy Bigfoot

fucked up they they got away with just remaking The Thing but with Chris Carter’s OCs

“an alien ghost is responsible for the Challenger explosion”, perfect worldbuilding, no notes

Cerise thinks I look like Mulder’s fanboy Max Fenig, which I am choosing to take as a compliment

“No government agency has jurisdiction over the truth” is an extremely Written Before 9/11 line, especially when coming out of the mouth of an FBI agent

[the most obvious paranormal explanation is “vampirism”] Mulder: so this is definitely Aliens

tonight, on The X-Files: Mulder develops a fear of fire for exactly one episode, and we’re expected to feel bad about members of the British nobility burning to death

oh boy, a 90s sci-fi/horror show episode where the theme of the week is Gender, I bet this has aged well

“Tooms” is a great episode, not just because it brings back the best Monster Of The Week of season 1, but because it introduces to everyone’s favorite middle manager: Walter Skinner!

naming your top secret jet engine project “Icarus” is just asking for trouble

Mulder and Scully having their secret meetings in the Watergate Hotel parking garage is so on the nose that you gotta imagine the spooks surveilling them find it endearing

Season 2 Episode 1 is memorable for depicting the source of Fox Mulder’s internal strife that drove him through The X-Files’ myth arc: being a Knicks fan

[Chris Cornell voice] flukemannn, swim away now with your hands

Post